Description
Instrumental arrangement of my “classical-folk crossover” setting of Prévert’s poem “Pour faire le portrait d’un oiseau” (To paint the portrait of a bird).
Prévert indicates that you can never capture the real essence of a bird. You can paint a cage, a tree branch for it to sing on, but you have to wait for the actual bird itself to enter your painting
– only then can you sign your painting, using a feather from that bird.
The music has a Dorian feel – ie with a minor third and seventh but often with a raised sixth – (in this case F#s in an otherwise A minor context).